Medical Education Curriculum Specialist (On-Site)

SIU Medicine; Springfield (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

SIU School of Medicine seeks a Curriculum Development Specialist to support Hematology, Immunology and Infection curriculum units, NMB unit and related streamers. This on-site role works with chairs to provide faculty and student educational resources and serves as the Electronic Problem Based Learning Module editor.

The position also supports other curriculum units, including writing patient cases, training standardized patients, and participating in small group sessions.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a health care profession and 7 years of clinical experience with educational responsibility.
• Experience with medical data retrieval.
• Experience in conducting clinical and/or educational research.
• Knowledge of educational theory and methodology.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work closely with clinical and basic science faculty.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in clinical settings.
• Sensitivity to the needs of underrepresented minority populations.

Responsibilities

• Teach and develop educational content for first and second year medical students; provide resources and cases; coordinate with curriculum unit chairs.
• Train students in unit-related clinical skills (history taking, charting, progress notes, H&Ps).
• Develop patient problem simulations and administer performance-based assessments.
• Design and locate cases for clinical case development and edit simulations.
• Serve as counselor and advisor to students and participate in small group sessions.

Skills

Curriculum development

Educational resources

Student counseling

Faculty collaboration

Clinical skills training

Problem-based learning

Medical editing

Education

Master's degree in healthcare profession

Tools

Electronic PBL editing

Job description

SIU School of Medicine seeks a Curriculum Development Specialist to support Hematology, Immunology and Infection curriculum units, NMB unit and related streamers. This on-site role works with chairs to provide faculty and student educational resources and serves as the Electronic Problem Based Learning Module editor.

The position also supports other curriculum units, including writing patient cases, training standardized patients, and participating in small group sessions.